The 2025 Sober or Slammer 200 was the 19th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the first race of the Round of 10, and the 6th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent asphalt egg-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 147 laps to complete.
Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would take advantage of late-race troubles for Layne Riggs, and led the final 19 laps to earn his 19th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his eighth of the season. He would also advance into the next round of the playoffs. Riggs led a race-high 71 laps and won the second stage, until hitting the wall late in the event, falling back to finish 17th. To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, and Grant Enfinger, driving for CR7 Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Report Background
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
This was the first time since 2021 that Darlington had held a Truck Series race during the Southern 500 weekend, as the Xfinity Series raced at Portland. The race returned to the Goodyear 400 weekend in 2026 as a Friday night race.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. (P) denotes playoff driver. (OP) denotes owner's playoff truck.
#DriverTeamMake1Trevor BayneTricon GarageToyota02Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2Stephen MallozziReaume Brothers RacingFord5Toni Breidinger (R)Tricon GarageToyota7Corey Day (i) (OP)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet9Grant Enfinger (P)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet11Corey Heim (P)Tricon GarageToyota13Jake Garcia (P)ThorSport RacingFord15Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota17Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota18Tyler Ankrum (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet19Daniel Hemric (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet20Stefan ParsonsYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet22Clayton GreenReaume Brothers RacingFord26Dawson Sutton (R)Rackley W.A.R.Chevrolet33Mason Maggio (i)Reaume Brothers RacingFord34Layne Riggs (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord38Chandler Smith (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord42Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet44Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet45Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet52Kaden Honeycutt (P)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota56Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota71Rajah Caruth (P)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet74Caleb CostnerMike Harmon RacingToyota76Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet77Corey LaJoieSpire MotorsportsChevrolet81Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord91Jack WoodMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet98Ty Majeski (P)ThorSport RacingFord99Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFordOfficial entry list
Practice For practice, drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Both sessions were 25 minutes long, and was held on Friday, August 29, at 3:05 PM EST. Timmy Hill, driving for his own team, Hill Motorsports, would set the fastest time between both groups, with a lap of 30.186, and a speed of .
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed156Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota30.186162.910220Stefan ParsonsYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.201162.829391Jack WoodMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet30.291162.345Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, August 29, at 4:10 PM EST. Since Darlington Raceway is an intermediate speedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.
Layne Riggs, driving for Front Row Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.323, and a speed of .
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed134Layne Riggs (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord29.323167.705238Chandler Smith (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord29.331167.659311Corey Heim (P)Tricon GarageToyota29.345167.57949Grant Enfinger (P)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet29.392167.311552Kaden Honeycutt (P)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota29.520166.585617Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota29.665165.771719Daniel Hemric (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.670165.743898Ty Majeski (P)ThorSport RacingFord29.725165.437977Corey LaJoieSpire MotorsportsChevrolet29.741165.3481018Tyler Ankrum (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet29.830164.8541171Rajah Caruth (P)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet29.844164.7771215Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota29.925164.3311313Jake Garcia (P)ThorSport RacingFord30.006163.8871481Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet30.084163.462157Corey Day (i) (OP)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet30.090163.430161Trevor BayneTricon GarageToyota30.169163.0021745Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet30.194162.8671842Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet30.201162.8291926Dawson Sutton (R)Rackley W.A.R.Chevrolet30.214162.7592044Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet30.243162.6032199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord30.318162.2012288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord30.431161.5982320Stefan ParsonsYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.632160.5382456Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota30.632160.5382591Jack WoodMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet30.868159.3112676Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet31.140157.9192733Mason Maggio (i)Reaume Brothers RacingFord31.289157.1672802Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.558155.827295Toni Breidinger (R)Tricon GarageToyota31.916154.0793074Caleb CostnerMike Harmon RacingToyota33.535146.6413122Clayton GreenReaume Brothers RacingFord34.150144.000Qualified by owner's points322Stephen MallozziReaume Brothers RacingFord––Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 45 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts111Corey Heim (P)Tricon GarageToyota10234Layne Riggs (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord939Grant Enfinger (P)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet8419Daniel Hemric (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet7517Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota6618Tyler Ankrum (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet5715Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota4877Corey LaJoieSpire MotorsportsChevrolet397Corey Day (i) (OP)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet01071Rajah Caruth (P)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1
Stage 2 Laps: 45 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts134Layne Riggs (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord10211Corey Heim (P)Tricon GarageToyota939Grant Enfinger (P)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet8419Daniel Hemric (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet7517Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota6677Corey LaJoieSpire MotorsportsChevrolet5718Tyler Ankrum (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet4815Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota391Trevor BayneTricon GarageToyota2107Corey Day (i) (OP)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet0
Stage 3 Laps: 57 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1311Corey Heim (P)Tricon GarageToyota14765Running592719Daniel Hemric (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1470Running49349Grant Enfinger (P)CR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1471Running504898Ty Majeski (P)ThorSport RacingFord1470Running335161Trevor BayneTricon GarageToyota1470Running3461215Tanner GrayTricon GarageToyota1470Running3871018Tyler Ankrum (P)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1470Running3982356Timmy HillHill MotorsportsToyota1470Running299157Corey Day (i) (OP)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running0101313Jake Garcia (P)ThorSport RacingFord1470Running27112199Ben RhodesThorSport RacingFord1470Running26121171Rajah Caruth (P)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running26131481Connor Mosack (R)McAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1470Running24142591Jack WoodMcAnally-Hilgemann RacingChevrolet1470Running23152420Stefan ParsonsYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running22162044Andrés Pérez de Lara (R)Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running2117134Layne Riggs (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord14771Running3918552Kaden Honeycutt (P)Halmar Friesen RacingToyota1470Running19191926Dawson Sutton (R)Rackley W.A.R.Chevrolet1470Running1820977Corey LaJoieSpire MotorsportsChevrolet1460Running25212288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingFord1460Running1622617Gio Ruggiero (R)Tricon GarageToyota1460Running27232676Spencer BoydFreedom Racing EnterprisesChevrolet1450Running1424295Toni Breidinger (R)Tricon GarageToyota1430Running13251745Bayley CurreyNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1400Running12262733Mason Maggio (i)Reaume Brothers RacingFord1280Handling0272802Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1130Running10283074Caleb CostnerMike Harmon RacingToyota250Handling9291842Matt MillsNiece MotorsportsChevrolet210Accident830238Chandler Smith (P)Front Row MotorsportsFord1410Accident831322Stephen MallozziReaume Brothers RacingFord40Rear Gear6323122Clayton GreenReaume Brothers RacingFord30Transmission5Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Corey Heim 2,124 2 Layne Riggs 2,065 (–59) 1 3 Daniel Hemric 2,060 (–64) 3 4 Grant Enfinger 2,057 (–67) 5 Tyler Ankrum 2,049 (–75) 6 Ty Majeski 2,043 (–81) 1 7 Rajah Caruth 2,031 (–93) 2 8 Jake Garcia 2,029 (–95) 6 9 Chandler Smith 2,027 (–97) 1 10 Kaden Honeycutt 2,022 (–102)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Toyota 691 1 2 Chevrolet 684 (–7) 3 Ford 658 (–33) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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